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Kathleen Layton
- May 3
- 2 min
North Kingstown Democrats Advocate
I wonder, if eventually, all Americans will be connected by nonsensical gun violence and deadly mass shootings. Perhaps we already are...
Tom Sgouros
- Feb 6
- 5 min
Paul Pelosi, Jen Lima, and Oliver Wendell Holmes
This week I forced myself to watch some of an appalling video of an attack on Paul Pelosi, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband. I...
North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee
- Jan 30
- 5 min
NKSD Equity Audit -- Explained
Prior to the release of the Equity Audit report, we wanted to provide a brief overview of how we got here and provide some answers to...
North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Hate-Fueled Speech in North Kingstown
The following letter appeared in the Providence Journal on Sunday, January 22, 2023. To the editor: We are saddened and outraged by the...
Jennifer Lima
- Sep 18, 2022
- 1 min
All Issues in NK Schools Need to be Heard
I have worked hard in multiple capacities to bring attention to issues around diversity, equity and inclusion in North Kingstown. I...
Jennifer Lima
- Apr 18, 2022
- 3 min
Jen Lima answers more FAQs
As requested by the School Committee at its March 8th meeting, the DEI Subcommittee has re-reviewed the proposals for a DEI Community...
Jennifer Lima
- Apr 15, 2022
- 4 min
MayDay for the School Budget is April 25
Budgeting is hard. It’s not a process most people enjoy. If you’ve ever tried to make a household budget you know that not everyone in...
Jennifer Lima
- Mar 25, 2022
- 1 min
Equity Audit Proposal to be Revised
The full NK school committee voted on Tuesday night, 3/8, to send the equity audit proposal back to the DEI Subcommittee for purposes of...
Jennifer Lima
- Mar 3, 2022
- 3 min
We must talk about race, diversity, & inclusion in schools.
This essay by Jen Lima appeared as a "Your Turn" in the Providence Journal on March 3, 2022. I knocked on almost 3,000 doors while...
Jennifer Lima
- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min
What's an "Equity Audit"? Why do one?
NK School Department's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Subcommittee has recommended to the full school committee that the district...
Jennifer Lima
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
T.A.N.K. Festival: "We are ALL readers."
You may have seen some of the news stories about recent efforts to ban books in school libraries. As a positive, celebratory...
North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
MLK-Day March for Education
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." --the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Now, more than...
North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee
- Sep 23, 2021
- 1 min
North Kingstown Delegation Stands Together
North Kingstown Democratic Delegation Stands Together September 23, 2021 To the Voters of North Kingstown: There is an ongoing effort,...
Greg Blasbalg
- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
Doing our best
Remarks delivered at the NK School Committee meeting, September 14, 2021 by Greg Blasbalg, chair. At a time that we are approving some...
Jennifer Lima
- Sep 18, 2021
- 2 min
An invitation to decline
Jennifer Lima, My name is John Carlevale. I am the executive producer of the television show State of the State. In response to the...
Tom Sgouros
- Sep 12, 2021
- 4 min
Bullying public officials for doing the right thing
The Gaspee Project, a secretive conservative Rhode Island political group, is fundraising for the recall election against Jennifer Lima....
North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee
- Sep 10, 2021
- 5 min
Lima Recall FAQ
I keep hearing about a recall here in town. What’s the story? An intent to recall petition has been filed against school committee...
gigiedwards
- Aug 19, 2021
- 1 min
Huge national trend: Partisan attacks on school committees.
School Committees are under siege all over the U.S. At stake are two common-sense, "for-the-common-good" policies: mask mandates and...
Tom Sgouros
- Aug 16, 2021
- 1 min
Recall defenders hard to find
The Providence Journal published a long article about the recall effort against School Committee member Jen Lima, the DEI subcommittee,...
North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee
- Aug 8, 2021
- 2 min
How to Waste $25,000
On Friday, July 30, a group of North Kingstown citizens filed a recall petition against School Committee member Jen Lima. The petition...